Haji Salim now in Thailand
03 May 2022, 05:55 pm | Updated: 24 February 2025, 10:12 am
Independent lawmaker and businessperson Haji Mohammad Selim who Convicted in graft case has left the country for Thailand for medical treatment, a close aide confirms.
A member of the Dhaka south unit Awami League’s Advisory Council, Haji Salim went to Bangkok from Dhaka airport on Saturday afternoon despite being convicted in a graft case, according to media reports that created much hype on Monday.
The aide told reporters on Monday evening that the MP would return to the country within a week after treatment.
On February 10, the High Court ordered Haji Salim, the managing director of Madina Group, to surrender before a trial court that sentenced him to a 10-year jail term within 30 days.
The same day, the court published the full text of its 2021 verdict upholding his 10-year jail term in the graft case and scrapped an additional three-year jail term for concealing information regarding his wealth.
The lawmaker’s counsel Syed Ahmed Raja said that they would challenge the sentence in the Appellate Division.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
